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Bug 676278 - Network manager opens too many dialogs on bad WiFi (Authentication Required)
Network manager opens too many dialogs on bad WiFi (Authentication Required)
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 665503
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: Wi-Fi
0.9.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Dan Williams
NetworkManager maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-05-17 20:27 UTC by Izidor Matušov
Modified: 2013-01-25 01:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Izidor Matušov 2012-05-17 20:27:39 UTC 
Steps to reproduce:

1, Try to connect to a WiFi network with a bad password or to a very unreliable WiFi network - get the dialog "Authentication Required"
2, Leave your laptop for longer time, e.g. an hour or two

Expected result:

Shown only one "Authentication Required" dialog per "known" network.

Actual result:

Many dialogs. They are placed on top of each other, creating an illusion of un-closable dialog.

Note:

Find out on a conference with a bad WiFi Network.

Version: 0.9.4 from Ubuntu Precise
Comment 1 Pavel Simerda 2012-07-25 16:42:56 UTC 
I wonder if this is the problem of the frontends or NetworkManager itself. For example. What frontend did you use? Gnome?
Comment 2 Izidor Matušov 2012-07-26 13:52:20 UTC 
It occurs for me using Unity, a friend of mine can reproduce it using GNOME Shell.
Comment 3 Pavel Simerda 2012-07-26 14:49:42 UTC 
Thanks. Moving to gnome-shell.
Comment 4 Milan Bouchet-Valat 2012-07-27 08:38:04 UTC 
Hey, the reporter said it happens for him under Unity, and that a friend also experiences this under the Shell. This seems to indicate the bug is in NetworkManager. Anyway, we cannot debug a Shell bug with a reporter using Unity. ;-)

FWIW, bug 667156 deals with a similar issue in GNOME Shell.
Comment 5 Pavel Simerda 2012-07-27 12:23:17 UTC 
Thanks.
Comment 6 Timothy Arceri 2013-01-12 12:01:11 UTC 
This is a duplicate bug of https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665503
which was apparently fix with this commit: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=30fe3e18766367d159dfb16d7ca5559d7dc58b9a
Comment 7 T. Hood 2013-01-24 11:02:31 UTC 
New report of this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1067555
Comment 8 Pavel Simerda 2013-01-25 01:40:23 UTC 
Yep, it's about ano older version of NM.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 665503 ***